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Magic!'s "Rude" Was Written In 15 Minutes!

by Rob Lucas,posted Jul 30 2014 5:22AM

Magic!'s Nasri Atweh tells Rolling Stone that he wrote "Rude" in about 15 minutes because his girl was being rude. ''Yeah, it was a rough night, and she was mean. The next day, I was just writing: "Why you gotta be so rude? / Don't you know I'm human too?" That hook really stuck with Mark more than me — I didn't care. He kept saying, "You gotta write that song." I was like, "I don't like it." And then I played the hook for Adam one day, and he was like, "You should try it more happy." He was playing the guitar and I started singing this whole story. Wrote it in about 15 minutes — it just came out. So, yeah, there's an evolution to the song, but it comes from somewhere real. I think that's why people feel it.''

They've also been covering Stevie Wonder's "Master Blaster" and Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun'' during their shows.